Snap Your Fingers (album)

1962 studio album / Live album by Al Grey featuring Billy Mitchell From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Snap Your Fingers is an album by trombonist Al Grey released in 1962 on Argo Records featuring studio and live recordings.[1][2][3][4][5]

Released1962
RecordedJanuary 31 and February 19, 1962
VenueBirdland, NYC
StudioTer-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL
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Snap Your Fingers
Studio album / Live album by
Released1962
RecordedJanuary 31 and February 19, 1962
VenueBirdland, NYC
StudioTer-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length41:28
LabelArgo
LP-700
ProducerRalph Bass
Al Grey chronology
The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet
(1961)
Snap Your Fingers
(1962)
Night Song
(1962)
Billy Mitchell chronology
The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet
(1961)
Snap Your Fingers
(1962)
This Is Billy Mitchell
(1962)
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AllmusicStarStarStarStar[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar[7]
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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Trombonist Al Grey is joined by emerging young tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell on this pair of 1962 sessions ... There's not a bad track on this".[6]

Track listing

  1. "Nothing But the Truth" (Billy Bowen) – 3:20
  2. "Three-Fourth Blues" (Gene Kee) – 5:23
  3. "Just Waiting" (Melba Liston) – 2:57
  4. "R. B. Q." (Kee) – 4:58
  5. "Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:19
  6. "Minor on Top" (Thad Jones) – 6:50
  7. "African Lady" (Randy Weston) – 4:29
  8. "Hi-Fly" (Weston) – 9:22
  • Recorded at Birdland, NYC on January 31, 1962 (tracks 6–8) and Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL on February 19, 1962 (tracks 1–5)

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